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Reborn: I'm A Dragon Girl With An OP System #1
Reborn: I'm A Dragon Girl With An OP System: Book1
Died while saving her friend, reborn into a world much different than her last, Faith must begin a new life as a dragon girl and face the hardships of the reality of this new world. With a mysterious system that enables her to grow stronger, Faith must cut out a path for herself as she journeys and discovers the wonders of this place she now calls home.
413 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 4, 2022
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June 13, 2025
First, I'll start with saying that I did come around towards enjoying this book by the end. The world is interesting, the magic system seems well thought out, and the characters are generally engaging to read about. However, there are some issues with grammar and word choice which can be rather jarring and distracting.
I realize this is probably more of a feature of first person perspectives, or LitRPG, or perhaps stylistic choice on behalf of the author so take this rest of this review with a grain of salt, as it's more a reflection of my own tastes.
The prose in this story often feels mechanical. As others have mentioned, the dialog tends to be stiff and lacking individual voice. Characters rarely use things like contractions, different speech patterns, or mannerisms unique to given characters, making it difficult to tell them apart by dialog alone. For example, the way a noble speaks is the same as the way Faith speaks, which is the same as her brother, and her parents and pretty much everyone else.
While I did find the story more engaging in the later chapters, Faith's character and motivations throughout this book remain straight forward. The conflicts and challenges she faces are resolved quickly, often without much self-reflection or lasting consequence. Even moments which would be extremely traumatic for any average person pass by Faith with little emotional impact and she rarely seems changed by her experiences.
I get she's supposed to be overpowered and I'm fine with overpowered characters, but something about having a 12 year old character undertaking violent and life altering actions while receiving praise and encouragement from her parents and others around her feels odd to me. Her worldview is consistent and simple, either "I don't like this person, so I'll punch them", or "I like this person, so I'll punch someone else on their behalf". Her relation with the world around her follows a similar logic. Nothing in the story challenges her assumptions or asks her to engage with the world on a deeper level. As a result she often feels disconnected from the world around her.
As an example of this disconnect, in the second half of the story (I'll try to avoid spoilers), Faith sets out on her own. While it is clear she is very strong at that point, it's hard to imagine anyone would allow a 12 year old to set out on a cross country adventure alone. She encounters several others on her way and almost none of them seem to find it odd to find her, no one asks about her parents or her guardian. At one point she captures some bandits and brings them to a nearby town to collect a bounty and not once during that process does anyone stop her to ask what a girl her age is doing, nor do they offer to help accompany her the rest of the way on her journey. To me, this creates a strong sense that the world exists merely to allow Faith to move through it, rather than engage with it, or for it to engage with her.
On a different note, I want to touch on discrimination. Early on, the story presents the divide between demi-humans and humans as being a significant theme and source of conflict which will drive most of Faith's behavior (as in, she wants to get stronger so she doesn't have to deal with discrimination). However, the stories treatment of discrimination remains surface level throughout. Characters are either openly discriminatory or completely accepting with little ambiguity or nuance. Faith's own experiences with discrimination are always presented in a blunt and direct way, followed by clear resolution. Her response is always some variation of "I'll just beat them up and they will deserve it."
It would be fine to have Faith be a paragon whose worldview and morality don't need to be anything except straight forward so long as there are other characters around her who do struggle with the consequences of discrimination. For instance, a close friend who struggles with their own image and place in the world because of prejudice. Without such a character, the relation between humans and demi-humans comes across as a functional result of the setting. As a result discrimination as a source of tension never ends up being any more impactful than if Faith had to deal with a door which always got stuck, or creaked loudly when she opens it.
I realize this is probably more of a feature of first person perspectives, or LitRPG, or perhaps stylistic choice on behalf of the author so take this rest of this review with a grain of salt, as it's more a reflection of my own tastes.
The prose in this story often feels mechanical. As others have mentioned, the dialog tends to be stiff and lacking individual voice. Characters rarely use things like contractions, different speech patterns, or mannerisms unique to given characters, making it difficult to tell them apart by dialog alone. For example, the way a noble speaks is the same as the way Faith speaks, which is the same as her brother, and her parents and pretty much everyone else.
While I did find the story more engaging in the later chapters, Faith's character and motivations throughout this book remain straight forward. The conflicts and challenges she faces are resolved quickly, often without much self-reflection or lasting consequence. Even moments which would be extremely traumatic for any average person pass by Faith with little emotional impact and she rarely seems changed by her experiences.
I get she's supposed to be overpowered and I'm fine with overpowered characters, but something about having a 12 year old character undertaking violent and life altering actions while receiving praise and encouragement from her parents and others around her feels odd to me. Her worldview is consistent and simple, either "I don't like this person, so I'll punch them", or "I like this person, so I'll punch someone else on their behalf". Her relation with the world around her follows a similar logic. Nothing in the story challenges her assumptions or asks her to engage with the world on a deeper level. As a result she often feels disconnected from the world around her.
As an example of this disconnect, in the second half of the story (I'll try to avoid spoilers), Faith sets out on her own. While it is clear she is very strong at that point, it's hard to imagine anyone would allow a 12 year old to set out on a cross country adventure alone. She encounters several others on her way and almost none of them seem to find it odd to find her, no one asks about her parents or her guardian. At one point she captures some bandits and brings them to a nearby town to collect a bounty and not once during that process does anyone stop her to ask what a girl her age is doing, nor do they offer to help accompany her the rest of the way on her journey. To me, this creates a strong sense that the world exists merely to allow Faith to move through it, rather than engage with it, or for it to engage with her.
On a different note, I want to touch on discrimination. Early on, the story presents the divide between demi-humans and humans as being a significant theme and source of conflict which will drive most of Faith's behavior (as in, she wants to get stronger so she doesn't have to deal with discrimination). However, the stories treatment of discrimination remains surface level throughout. Characters are either openly discriminatory or completely accepting with little ambiguity or nuance. Faith's own experiences with discrimination are always presented in a blunt and direct way, followed by clear resolution. Her response is always some variation of "I'll just beat them up and they will deserve it."
It would be fine to have Faith be a paragon whose worldview and morality don't need to be anything except straight forward so long as there are other characters around her who do struggle with the consequences of discrimination. For instance, a close friend who struggles with their own image and place in the world because of prejudice. Without such a character, the relation between humans and demi-humans comes across as a functional result of the setting. As a result discrimination as a source of tension never ends up being any more impactful than if Faith had to deal with a door which always got stuck, or creaked loudly when she opens it.
October 13, 2024
Decent story, with some issues
The story is okay, and the character's struggle with discrimination could be interesting. Unfortunately the way that that problem is dealt with ranges from childish (the character and her father beating up the members of an angry mob as punishment after the fact) to just being completely disarmed (by the offending character being removed from the situation).
Also, aside from the protagonist's family and one friend, other characters seem to materialize and dematerialize at a page flip. At one point a suitor appears from nowhere only to vanish after persistent entreaties off-page. It does create a sense of artificiality to the setting.
As for the LitRPG elements, the OP aspect of the character is obvious, but the other parts of the system are pretty unclear. I would assume that a five digit strength score would be overwhelmingly powerful in a system where beings get 4 stat points to distribute on leveling, but the arm wrestling scene seems to suggest the numbers don't mean much.
It might seem like a lot of critiques, but I did enjoy the book.
The story is okay, and the character's struggle with discrimination could be interesting. Unfortunately the way that that problem is dealt with ranges from childish (the character and her father beating up the members of an angry mob as punishment after the fact) to just being completely disarmed (by the offending character being removed from the situation).
Also, aside from the protagonist's family and one friend, other characters seem to materialize and dematerialize at a page flip. At one point a suitor appears from nowhere only to vanish after persistent entreaties off-page. It does create a sense of artificiality to the setting.
As for the LitRPG elements, the OP aspect of the character is obvious, but the other parts of the system are pretty unclear. I would assume that a five digit strength score would be overwhelmingly powerful in a system where beings get 4 stat points to distribute on leveling, but the arm wrestling scene seems to suggest the numbers don't mean much.
It might seem like a lot of critiques, but I did enjoy the book.
November 1, 2022
Well that just happened...
I am pleasantly surprised at how good this story is. While the truck sponsored isekai is as cliche as can be, complete with op cheat, the characters are realy good and the world is well thught out. The good guys are good people with there own personalities and flaws. The bad guys are despicable without being cartoonish. There are throwaway 2 dimensional extras used for comedic effect, but they never quite break the rich immersion of the fantasy world the author has built up. Last but not least. No section ends on a bad cliffhanger (a cleche so over used it is more likely to quit a series then it is to keep me hooked)
I would recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy and I hope more is published on Kindle in the future. If so I will be sure to buy it.
I am pleasantly surprised at how good this story is. While the truck sponsored isekai is as cliche as can be, complete with op cheat, the characters are realy good and the world is well thught out. The good guys are good people with there own personalities and flaws. The bad guys are despicable without being cartoonish. There are throwaway 2 dimensional extras used for comedic effect, but they never quite break the rich immersion of the fantasy world the author has built up. Last but not least. No section ends on a bad cliffhanger (a cleche so over used it is more likely to quit a series then it is to keep me hooked)
I would recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy and I hope more is published on Kindle in the future. If so I will be sure to buy it.
September 5, 2024
The outline of the story bears much potential. However the writing and flow of the story is a disaster. One of the few stories I enjoyed to a point but couldn’t continue due to how difficult it was to properly flow. It could be good if rewritten properly. As it is, I do not recommend
May 6, 2025
Not bad but has grammatical errors
The story is fun but the grammar, while not technically incorrect, doesn't really work in some areas and uses wrong but similar sounding words to the correct ones
The story is fun but the grammar, while not technically incorrect, doesn't really work in some areas and uses wrong but similar sounding words to the correct ones
June 10, 2025
Love this book
Reborn dragon girl is a really great stroy and amazing lead characters i really recommend it and can wait to read the next book
Reborn dragon girl is a really great stroy and amazing lead characters i really recommend it and can wait to read the next book
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